Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Technology

  • CERN restarts Big Bang collider for biggest test yet

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists are restarting a giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday.

    November 21, 2009, 7:39 am
  • Google books hearing set for February 18

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.

    November 21, 2009, 7:36 am
  • Barnes & Noble says Nook shipments will be delayed

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its first allotment of newly launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand and new shipments will not arrive in time for the holidays.

    November 21, 2009, 7:05 am
  • Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers

    ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.

    November 21, 2009, 6:17 am
  • Astronaut in space while wife giving birth

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl.

    November 21, 2009, 4:17 am
  • Sony to launch online download service for TVs

    TOKYO (AFP) - Sony Corp. aims to launch next year a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive said Friday.

    November 21, 2009, 2:50 am
  • Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans

    BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.

    November 20, 2009, 11:04 pm
  • Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against U.S.

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional advisory panel said on Thursday.

    November 20, 2009, 9:03 pm
  • Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.

    November 20, 2009, 9:02 pm
  • Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.

    November 20, 2009, 8:02 pm
  • AOL shows worst not over for media job cuts

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If AOL's announcement on Thursday of another 2,500 job cuts is anything to go by, the painful layoffs that have ravaged the media industry over the past year are nowhere near over.

    November 20, 2009, 2:20 pm
  • Smartphone growth to continue strong in 2010

    BARCELONA (Reuters) - The wireless chip industry expects smartphone market surge to continue, with British microchip designer ARM saying growth would likely even accelerate further next year.

    November 20, 2009, 2:00 pm
  • "What's happening?" Twitter wants to know

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer.

    November 20, 2009, 11:41 am
  • New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world

    November 20, 2009, 10:21 am
  • Google adds automatic captions to YouTube

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube.

    November 20, 2009, 9:52 am
  • US computer glitch causes major flight delays

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A major computer glitch triggered huge flight delays and cancellations across the United States Thursday as airlines were forced to input flight plans manually, officials said.

    November 20, 2009, 8:57 am
  • Google shows off Chrome operating system

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc is opening its much-anticipated Chrome software to external developers, as the search giant prepares to expand its reach into operating systems.

    November 20, 2009, 8:32 am
  • Microsoft says Windows 7 sales strong

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows 7 were running at twice the level of any previous version of its operating system.

    November 20, 2009, 8:09 am
  • US senator urges TVs that use less power

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Televisions, which account for 10 percent and rising of US household energy use, must be made more efficient through a national standard, Senator Dianne Feinstein said in a letter released Thursday.

    November 20, 2009, 7:15 am

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